Sony should build the next Xbox

ExiledGamers.com have published a very interesting and possibly controversial editorial that proposes that Sony and Microsoft would have better success if they were to form an alliance. Why this would be a good idea, how it would work and the benefits of such a move are all discussed.

"Someone give me a gun so i could blow my brain out if that ever happens. "

LOL, if that ever happens (which it most likely wont and I hope never happens) you should actually be grateful because at least you would get a reliable machine from the start instead of having to worry about Microsoft rushing it out and possibly screwing up the hardware again.

as much as i would like to hit 'disagree' i cant, cause my ps3 did brick two weeks ago.... :( But i consider myself lucky considering killzone 2 doesn't come out for another 3 weeks. http://ca.youtube.com/watch... - epic 10/10

i blame pirates and hackers for that one. someone even told me epic wants to go the console only route and stop pc support because of their games being pirated. seriously, this pirating games crap has to stop. especially in this recession, companies need as much money they can get to continue creating games for us to play.

another thing i hate is when good games go unnoticed and alot of bad games get bought because of overhype and get traded in the next day. games like okami, shadow of the colossus, ICO, beyond good & evil get ignored over a hyped up game that falls short. this causes innovative companies to take less risks and end up creating boring games or games that arent as good as when they tried to innovate

Best of both worlds on a unique machine... dreamy. PlayXtation it shall be called.

"Compare that release to the one that Sony is currently orchestrating for Killzone 2, the most important PS3 release this year."

KZ2 is a sequel to a game that has been described as "underwhelming and mediocre" by IGN. This year the PS3 is likely to see Resident evil 5, COD Modern Warfare 2 and Gran Turismo 5, Guitar Hero Metallica and 5, God Of War 3, Assassin's Creed 2, Bioshock 2... Now, tell me which one is the most important again?

I'm all for it. That way I won't have to buy both of their consoles every gen. I don't see any one console future ever happening, but I could see a 2 console future Playbox 360 and Wii 2 since they have different audiences, whereas the PS3 and 360 have the same audience and the only innovation comes from exclusives, and DLC.

People will argue less innovation, but that's not the case innovation doesn't come from the hardware, it comes from developers trying to one up one another, and if there was a Playbox 360 then developers would all be fighting trying to make a great game from one console rather than making a great game work on three different consoles.

basically this whole article just said, sony to make hardware, and MS to just make software and advertise the damn thing... This would only be good for us as we would only have to buy 1 or 2 consoles, rather than 3, or 4 depending on the rumors of EA making a console..

@ kevoncox - i certainly hope you meant the ps2 rather than the ps3, ps3 having faulty hardware, with a less than 1% failure rate, what the hell do you consider a quality product...things break no matter what you buy it will break eventually...

If they are talking about hardware, I say Nintendo should build the next Xbox and PS.

They are the only ones who make truely durable systems. People complained last gen about their Ps2's and Xboxes going out on them. And this gen, MS has the red light epidemic and some are saying the Blu-ray drive in their Ps3's are going out after a year.

Nintendo is the only one of the big 3 who seem to not have these kinds of problems. They have sold nearly 30 million and still no big problems... besides crappy games.

I always thought that there should be only 2 companies competing in this war. And obviously MS really needs help designing reliable hardware. So if MS and Sony team up, or MS and Nintendo... it would help.

I personally hope if something like that were to happen, it would be MS and Nintendo! Nintendo likes to do a couple games for hardcore gamers and make them wait forever. MS games would be there to fill in the gaps, and NIN could also run their DS market the way they want to.

This would also free up some developers to make Ps3 only games so things could be more like they used to be for the Ps2.

Let's just face it, to me it is like the election. Nintendo is like Hillary clinton, Playstation 3 is like John Mc Cain and 360 is like Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton was there but mostly women were in her corner, and she was mainly just in the way of the real battle. McCain was just looking to repeat what has been going on. Obama experience is questionable but people still want to give him a chance to see what new experiences he can bring to the table.

Obama (MS) knew he would need some power behind him, so he went out and got alot of people (developers) to help solidify his position. Like Clinton (Rare), Biden, etc. (ex-Playstation only developers).

Sorry, I had to throw in one last election reference in...lol! I just used the candidates as an example. In no way do I feel that either candidate represents the named companies.

in the interests of web-sites getting hits, and turning loser fanboys into homicidal maniacs(they're gonna end up hating something, and it could be members of the public!) then i think this should be forgotten!

Does anybody remember how this console war started? Sony WAS building for MS, MS didn't honor their agreement with Sony; Sony got pissed and made their own console in retaliation and vowed to fight MS in the gaming market.

So I don't think it's likely that they'll collaborate AGAIN, after what happened last time.

I am sorry to go off topic but @ 1.4, that was an amazing clip I'm going to play the game right now, effing epic. And about this topic it wouldnt be bad to see an alliance between the two but then sony will be losing there advantage....and no i dont mean on sales but on things like quality, exclusives etc..

Sony was making a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo, but Nintendo didn't want to let Sony take the percentage from the collaboration that they wanted. So sony just went ahead and turned it into their own console, which is why the original PS controller looked alot like the SNES controller. Which is also why it was easy for alot of gamers to like the controller.

MS and Sony never really had any resentment for each other, other than the fact that they are competing for marketshare. MS could possibly merge their console efforts with Sony or Nintendo. And with the cost of these consoles draining these companies... it could be right around the corner!

Overall, if Sony and MS made a console they could split the losses and focus more on the games. Most games have gone multiplat, so this would save the developers the trouble of porting games and hopefully stop fanboys from saying a game is gimped because of another console.

Fanboys can hate all they want to... But a move like this would benefit us all!

I believe you mean Sony and Nintendo. Sony was supposed to make a cd drive for nintendo to compete with sega cd but they couldnt work out an agreement on the software. Sony was like "we already dumped all this money into this gaming cd drive we might as well use it" and made the playstation 1.

on topic though...there will never be a joining of consoles/companies unless one is willing to take the backseat. Does anybody really think any of the big three will want to bow down and listen to their 'Partner'. Each console really is unique. Trying to convince one company about something you want while they already have their minds set on something else is nearly impossible.

EA would be stupid to make a console unless they sell it for $99. It would be like Harry Potter being rated 'R' in the theaters. They would lose a HUGE chunk of multiplatform profit.

If MS and Sony did get together and make a console, it would help them both! MS needs more reliable hardware, they both want to make powerful consoles, Sony basically came right out and said the 360 controller is the perfect design (minus d-pad), you could have all the great games on one system, you could have a hybrid of XBL and PS HOME, and they could share the cost of making the console.

This would free up more developers from making ports and allow them to make more games. The only hard part would be to get the fanboys on board.

If they came out with a console that had the 360 controller with the PS d-pad, more powerful than the Ps3 with the bells and whistles PS fans rave about, and an XBL/HOME hybrid environment... I would not have a problem paying $500 for it!

All the best things in one place would be great and anyone who disagrees should reevaluate their priorities as a gamer.

Sony makes Vaio PC's which Run Windows XP and Windows Vista and will run Windows 7 so this idea isn't really that far out. Well of course it would be just like a PC then and their really wouldn't be a point i like Sony how they are now.

Sony designed hardware would be an epic fail. xbox 720 controllers would explode and burn people(maybe the 720 will use all wired controllers then we won't see burn victims). I don't trust them, having low failures on the PS3 isn't enough for me when PS1 and PS2 had major issues.